Minutes for Meeting for Business August 17, 2014
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Bennington Friends Meeting
Meeting for Worship on the Occasion of Business
Held at the Senior Citizens Service Center,
Bennington, Vermont
August 17, 2014
Present were Timmy Bullock, clerk, Juliet Wright, Auberta Galusha, Eliza Navias-Bell, Priscilla Tracy and Same Humes.
I am determined to set my face resolutely against preaching sermons to others, on the pretext whatever. And that includes a resolution not to preach sermons against sermon-preaching. No sermons, but confessions, humble if possible, and of experiences helpful to others. There is strength in knowing how to keep silent.
Out of the silence the clerk read the above quotation from Pierre Ceresole.
The recording clerk read the minutes for meeting for business for July 20, 2014, which were approved.
2014-26 Timmy Bullock read the minutes for Ministry and Counsel, August 10, 2014.
They are appended.
2014-27 Meeting for business approved the topic and date of retreat with the understanding that October 19 will be the earliest date of the retreat, and any date will depend on the facilitator’s schedule. The retreat will be held at Timmy’s house.
2014-28 Eliza Navias-Bell reported for the finance committee. Meeting for business authorizes the remaining contributions for the fiscal year 2014.
2014-29 Meeting for business discussed proposed changes to the quarterly hosting rotation. Meeting is open to Ministry and Oversight’s decision. We would like to coordinate with Poultney and Wilderness but if co-hosting with Putney works better for the quarter, we will be happy with that.
2014-30 Meeting for business authorizes reprinting the “Friends Ways” bookmark. The bookmark was originally developed for Mayfest. Priscilla Tracy will determine whether Joseph Tracy still has the original bookmark on his computer.
After a period of silent worship, the meeting adjourned.
Timmy Bullock, clerk
Juliet Wright, recording clerk
Minutes for Ministry and Counsel
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Present were Timmy Bullock, clerk ex-officio, Auberta Galusha, and Juliet Wright
Pastoral concerns discussed
14-11 Ministry and Counsel suggests either September 28, or October 19 as a date for our annual retreat, dependent on determining a facilitator for retreat who is available on either of those two days. Retreat will be held at Timmy’s house. Timmy will be in touch with Margaret Cooley and Noah Baker Merrill for suggestions on a retreat facilitator. We also want to extend the topic of retreat to include, “What is your witness as a person?” and “What is your witness as a meeting?”
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